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The usefulness of pre-employment and pre-deployment psychological screening for disaster relief workers: a systematic review

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Individuals who conduct disaster relief work overseas are exposed to a variety of traumatic events that can cause distress and trigger psychological illnesses.
Elena Opie, Samantha Brooks, Neil Greenberg, G. James Rubin   +3 more
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Assessment of COVID-19 pandemic responses in African countries: thematic synthesis of WHO intra-action review reports

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives We conducted a review of intra-action review (IAR) reports of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. We highlight best practices and challenges and offer perspectives for the future.Design A thematic analysis across 10 ...
Charles Shey Wiysonge, Miriam Nanyunja, Ambrose Talisuna, Mary Stephen, Antonio Oke, Allan Mpairwe, Amadou Bailo Diallo, Emmanuel Onuche Musa, Daniel Yota, Freddy Mutoka Banza, Roland Kimbi Wango, Stella Chungong, Zabulon Yoti, Landry Ndriko Mayigane, Benido Impouma, Chinwe Iwu, Otim Patrick Cossy Ramadan, J Okeibunor, Belinda Louise Herring, Christian Massidi, Hilary Kagume Njenge, Martin Traore, Boukare Bonkoungou, Ishata Nannie Conteh, Fekadu Senait, Nsenga Ngoy, Abdou Salam Gueye   +26 more
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Presenting characteristics and clinical outcome of patients with COVID-19 in South Korea: A nationwide retrospective observational study

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 2020
Background: More than 13,000 cases were reported to be infected with COVID-19 by RT-PCR in South Korea. Most studies report clinical characteristics of hospitalized patients with COVID-19; the full spectrum of disease severity has thus not yet been well ...
Hyun-Young Park, Jung Hyun Lee, Nam-Kyoo Lim, Do Sang Lim, Sung Ok Hong, Mi-Jin Park, Seon Young Lee, Geehyuk Kim, Jae Kyung Park, Dae Sub Song, Hee Youl Chai, Sung Soo Kim, Yeon-Kyeng Lee, Hye Kyung Park, Jun-Wook Kwon, Eun Kyeong Jeong   +15 more
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Study on the Reference Architecture and Assessment Framework of Industrial Internet Platform

IEEE Access, 2020
With the continuous innovation of new-generation information technology and its accelerated integration with manufacturing industry, industrial internet platforms (IIPs) are rapidly emerging worldwide. Construction and application of IIP has become a new
Jun Li, Jun-Jiang Qiu, Yong Zhou, Sha Wen, Ke-Qin Dou, Qing Li   +5 more
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Flea index predicts plague epizootics among great gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) in the Junggar Basin China plague focus

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background The Junggar Basin plague focus was the most recently identified natural plague focus in China. Through extensive field investigations, great gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) have been confirmed as the main host in this focus, and the community ...
Wenting Mou, Bo Li, Xiaojun Wang, Ying Wang, Peihua Liao, Xiaobing Zhang, Youjun Gui, Guliayi Baokaixi, Yongjun Luo, Mukedaisi Aihemaijiang, Qiguo Wang, Feng Liu   +11 more
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Energy Efficiency Fairness of Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-Aided Cell-Free Network

IEEE Access, 2023
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has been widely recognized as a promising technique for future wireless communications. Benefiting from its ability to improve channel capacity with low cost and power consumption, the concept of RIS-aided cell ...
Yuhong Wang, Jingyi Peng
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Relationship between emergency presentation, systemic inflammatory response, and cancer-specific survival in patients undergoing potentially curative surgery for colon cancer [PDF]

, 2009
Background Emergency presentation is recognized to be associated with poorer cancer-specific survival following curative resection for colorectal cancer.
Canna, Carstairs, Crumley, Donald C. McMillan, Du Clos, E. Fiona Leitch, Forrest, Franch-Arcas, Gibbs, Glen, Heys, Heys, Hole, John H. Anderson, Joseph E.M. Crozier, Leitch, Longo, Longo, McArdle, McArdle, McMillan, McMillan, McMillan, McMillan, McMillan, Nielsen, Nozoe, Paul G. Horgan, Phillips, Preston, Ruth F. McKee, Scott, Vermeire, Ytting   +33 more
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Promoting public health legal preparedness for emergencies: review of current trends and their relevance in light of the Ebola crisis [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2015
Background: Public health legal preparedness (PHLP) for emergencies is a core component of the health system response. However, the implementation of health legal preparedness differs between low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) and developed ...
Odeya Cohen, Paula Feder-Bubis, Yaron Bar-Dayan, Bruria Adini   +3 more
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Coordination and Management of COVID-19 in Africa through Health Operations and Technical Expertise Pillar: A Case Study from WHO AFRO One Year into Response

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022
Background: following the importation of the first Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case into Africa on 14 February 2020 in Egypt, the World Health Organisation (WHO) regional office for Africa (AFRO) activated a three-level incident management ...
Nsenga Ngoy, Ishata Nannie Conteh, Boniface Oyugi, Patrick Abok, Aminata Kobie, Peter Phori, Cephas Hamba, Nonso Ephraim Ejiofor, Kaizer Fitzwanga, John Appiah, Ama Edwin, Temidayo Fawole, Rashidatu Kamara, Landry Kabego Cihambanya, Tasiana Mzozo, Caroline Ryan, Fiona Braka, Zabulon Yoti, Francis Kasolo, Joseph C. Okeibunor, Abdou Salam Gueye   +20 more
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Optimization on emergency materials dispatching considering the characteristics of integrated emergency response for large-scale marine oil spills [PDF]

, 2019
Many governments have been strengthening the construction of hardware facilities and equipment to prevent and control marine oil spills. However, in order to deal with large-scale marine oil spills more efficiently, emergency materials dispatching ...
Estrada Romeu, Miguel Ángel, Feng, Hongxiang, Grifoll Colls, Manel, Li, Song, Zheng, Pengjun   +4 more
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